Aqua: Ventus remember what I tought you. If you get hurt use cure.Ventus: Got it!Xehanort: You already taught him cure? Aqua: Yea, incase some freak like you showed up!Xehanort: Now is that any way to talk to your guest?Aqua: you're no guest of ours!Ventus: Yea, You're an intruder!! Xehanort: Oho! the little trainee has a temper!Aqua: It's not that Xehanort. He's telling the truth!The three start out in a duel. Ventus, surprisingly, actually does pretty well, though Xehanort wipes him out pretty quickly. Now it's Aqua against Xehanort, circling each other slowly, not taking their eyes off each other.Aqua:You know you'll lose in the end, right? Light will triumph!!Xehanort: Please, I know light is a brilliant thing, but YOu're throwing the worlds off balance. I'm simply trying to balance Light and Balance again.Aqua:Puh-lease. Save it for the judge!

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"That Unversed," he began, "It is very similar to a Replica. Only this one can easily be produced so it has a fraction of the original's power. However since it's an Unversed, you can mass produce them correct?"

"In theory. However it wasn't made from my negativity, it was harvested from the negativity in the Dark Depths."

"Oh," he snickered, "That proves my theory. It's mind has an imprint of the mind of the subject from when they last travled between worlds. So this explains why it could use the same spells and other various skills."

"What do you propose about the keyblade issue in the equation?"

He sighed, "Well, I think the copy can transform a lifeless keyblade into an exact replica of the subject's keyblade. Similar to how Namine could transform objects using the power of memories. But where can we find one?"

I began to laugh, "Master Xehanort has never mentioned the Keyblade Graveyard to you, has he?"

He began to pester me to take him there. I opened a dark gateway so the man would shut up about taking him there. However, he only began to annoy me worse once we got there. He began to run around looking at all of the dead keyblades. He found one he deamed perfect, and said that we should get back to the lab. He kept saying that he would need to come back there someday to gather data.

"Just get to work," I gunted.

He placed the keyblade inside the cell and quickly closed the door, the containment feild coming up. The psuedo Eraqus picked it up and began to examin it. Light began to surround the lifeless blade and it looked just like the one the real Eraqus used. He then proseded to try and bust out, but that annoying man put knock out gas into the cell.

"There," he announced triumphantly, "That should satisfy Xehanort's expectations!"

Xehanort smiled like a twisted man and his eyes were glowing again, but Aqua showed no response to this.

Xehanort: Do you think this is wise? Aqua: Either way, I won't let you get away from here just like that!Xehanort: Hmph. If you weren't Eraqus's pupil, I would almost say that your anger is a perfect appearance of darkness.Aqua: No way! I don't want anything with the darkness.Xehanort: ...Whatever. Enough talk. Show me your power!

Xehanort used a dark hole to dive underground and he appeared right behind Aqua. She noticed this, so she was able to dodge just in time before Xehanort's keyblade hit her. She shot a Triple Firaga at Xehanort, but he deflected the fire shells with the keyblade.

Xehanort: Come on, is that the best you have?

He dashed at Aqua and performed an aerial combo, but she blocked the hits. Then he released an energy pulse that knocked her back, but she quickly recovered. She then began casting Prism Rain. Xehanort watched in surprise as he had not expected anything like this.

Xehanort: What?!

Aqua released light in seven different colors from her keyblade, and it chased right at Xehanort. He attempted to block it, but he wasn't fast enough and he was knocked down on the ground. He made sure to quickly get up though, and he seemed to get a bit annoyed.

Aqua: I really can't figure out why the master wasn't able to defeat you. You aren't that tough after all.Xehanort: We'll see about that!

Xehanort got trigger-happy again and cast Dark Volley. Numerous dark projectiles headed towards Aqua, and Xehanort charged it up so even more dark projectiles would be summoned. Aqua did her best to defend herself against them, but Xehanort chained up a combo of different moves. He came dashing at Aqua with Sonic Impact, which rammed into her and knocked her down. Right after that he cast Quake, which in turn sent Aqua into the air. While he was about to deliver a final strike, he noticed an enraged Ventus charge at him.

Ventus: No! Stop it right there!Xehanort: Ha ha ha... Now let's see what you can do.

Ventus attacked Xehanort several times with his keyblade, and after a few misses he successfully hit him, even though he was blocking. Much to his surprise, Ventus used speed rather than strength and the two keyblades repeatedly connected. Finally, after about eleven hits, Ventus used a tricky uppercut that knocked Xehanort's keyblade away from his hands.

Xehanort: Very good, Ventus. You have regained your skills, and soon...Aqua: Enough of that nonsense!

Aqua ran at Xehanort from behind, and before he could completely turn around, she struck him in the back with her keyblade. He dropped on his knees and looked over his shoulder.

Xehanort: What now?!Aqua: I think it's about time you give Terra his heart back.Xehanort: ...Oh. Is that it? Give Terra his heart back?Aqua: What else do you think? You can't escape anymore, if you haven't noticed, you're between two wielders who won't let you.Xehanort: Oh, now that you mention it...

Xehanort stood up and dismissed his keyblade that was lying on the ground. However, when Aqua and Ventus were at the thought that he would surrender, he viciously grabbed Ventus by the neck and used pure muscular strength to throw him at Aqua. He then quickly jumped back and summoned Terra's Ends of the Earth keyblade. He made it transform into a large keyblade cannon and began charging it with mass energy. By the time Ventus got up on his knees, Xehanort launched his Ultima Cannon and a very sizeable sphere of energy homed at Aqua and Ventus. Aqua quickly used her keyblade to reflect it back at Xehanort, but the energy sphere shortly turned back and exploded right in front of the two.

Xehanort: So you thought you were stronger than I am? Yeah, right. Maybe someday, but not today.

He then opened a corridor of darkness. Instead of stepping right in, he turned around one last time.

Xion and Roxas are walking past a house with the door wide open. Inside is a gigantic computer.

Xion: Wow! That computer is huge. I wonder who owns it. Besides, what do you need a computer that big for? It must have, like, 999,999,999,999,999,990 MB of space!Roxas: Xion, stop dreaming about playing DDO on that computer. We have to get back to work.??????: Back to work doing what?Xion: Ahhh! Who are you?!??????: I am the great ninja Yuffie! Who are you guys? And what do you mean by work? You know, like, what is your job?Xion: I-I'm Xion, and this is Roxas. As for our job, um...Roxas: We... help people. You know, like, social workers. By the way, you look sort of familiar. Have we ever met before, Yuffie?

Xehanort appeared from a portal right behind Even. The man freaked out by such a surprise but calmed down quickly.

Xehanort: How's the project going?Even: We have successfully given the subject the ability to use a keyblade.Xehanort: Really?... Well then, we really should test its usefulness soon.Vanitas: Isn't Ventus still a bit weak?Xehanort: Ventus seems capable enough already. I just came here from their home. Even: Well, if my work is done here, sir, may I ask for a little free time?Xehanort: Free time?Even: There is a place that interests me very much, I would like to examine it for a while.Xehanort: ...Alright then, just make sure you don't spend too much time there.

Even left in a hurry as if there was a life and death situation going on for him. At the same time, Braig was running from the same direction, looking like he had something serious to say for once.

Braig: Hey man, where have you been? I got some news.Xehanort: I was having my share of fun. Is there a problem?Braig: Not exactly, but still... eavesdropping really does pay off.Vanitas: Look, can you just say it without the extra stuff?Braig: 'Seems like the black-haired puppet is active again.Xehanort: How do you know that?Braig: I told you, eavesdropping, ya know?Xehanort: ...Is she in this world?

After helping that annoying man out with the Master's experiment, I returned to the dark depths. I sat in the middle of the swirling vortex and began to concentrate. I began to listen to the shadow's whispering, and I began to learn what had been going on. The Master had went to the Land of Departure and tested Ventus' mettle. I was pleased with the results, but he was still lacking. However I could see the day that the X-blade being forged coming soon. I also heard the whispers talk about a nobody, and something even less than a nobody. What could be even less than a nobody? I thought they were the lowest level of "existence."

"I may just have to look into this."

I waved my hand and multiple Sonic Blasters spawned from my negativity. I began to infuse them with the negative energy inside of the dark vortex and they began to darken in color and became more vicious. I told them to go out and find the nobody and the strange anomaly with it. If they perceive them as a threat, eliminate them immediately. They began to bounce about and dissapeared in the shadows.

The shadow's whispers alerted me to the Master returning the castle. I began to head down to the Master's study, but I was stopped by something. My Unversed had been destroyed by the very target that I sent them to study. The one had a keyblade, but the other is what intrested me. It looked like a keyblade, but in truth it was a lie made from the memories and energy of a real keyblade master.

Yuffie: Hmm... I don't think so. But you are right. You look sort of familiar too. Maybe we just have a friend in common.

Yuffie notices behind Roxas three people. A boy with spiky hair, a duck, and a dog like person.

Yuffie: Hi Sora! Hi Donald! Hi Goofy!Sora: Hi Yuffie. What's up?Yuffie: Oh, not much. I just met Roxas and Xion here. Have you ever met them?Goofy: Well, gwarsh, Xion, we thought that you'd been killed by Roxas.Xion: I was, but then I woke up.Donald: But why are you two wearing the Organization cloaks? You left!Xion: No, we never left. Why do people keep saying that! By the way, who are you guys, again. I kind of forgot. Yes, in the time span of a very short amount of time, plus Yuffie just saying you guys' names, I have already forgotten.

Xehanort: Braig, what did you find out? Why is the puppet here? Braig: I found out that the nobodies are on a hunt for emblem heartless since they release hearts when destroyed.Xehanort: So... obviously, they could also be after the millions of hearts the computer uses for its automatic heartless manufacturing.Braig: Then we can't let them into the castle even if it wasn't their objective?Xehanort: We must not take chances. We can't lose the emblem heartless, since they have support for artificial characteristics that can't be applied to the pureblood heartless. Braig, go scout the area near the castle's entrance. I will try to create a heartless that is powerful enough to give them a good whack, but still won't help their quest should it be slain.

Braig left for the castle gate to scout the area. Xehanort headed to the entrance hall himself and then to the lift stop. He took an elevator up, after which he walked inside the castle's corridors. Eventually he came out at the High Tower area located almost to the top of the castle, and from there he went to the castle chapel. Then he went to the Grand Hall. Vanitas was there just at the perfect moment.

Xehanort: Ah, there you are. It seems we might have intruders soon.Vanitas: I figured as much... there are at least two keyblade wielders, but they're not... existent.Xehanort: That's right... and now I will create something to keep them away from the castle. None needs to know about what the castle holds inside.

Xehanort went into the dark depths and summoned a shadow heartless. He then started to gather darkness, but instead of directly concentrating it to the heartless, Xehanort added a blink of light in it and mixed it, but as the result still didn't satisfy him, he used his mind to infiltrate the darkness and manually modify its structure. He then compressed it into a dark orb small enough to fit in the palm of his hand.

Xehanort: I think I'll have this one get some special treatment in the laboratory...

Donald: What do you mean you forgot! We're you're friends! Friends do NOT forget each other!Xion: Well, sorry, whoever you are, but I dont remember.Sora: hmm, do you remember anything about another KeyBlade wielder, Xion?Xion: Sort of. I remember he had spiky hair.Sora: Did he look anything like me?Xion: Sort of, but his hair was silver. I think his name is Riku. Oh, and that would mean that you are Sora, right?Sora: Yep. And this is, Donald and Goofy. And you don't belong in the Organization, Xion.Xion: What do you mean? Of course I belong there. I'm a Nobody! And Nobodies belong in the Organization.Sora: So you really don't remember everything, huh?

Ooc: So I guess the other Characters forgot about Xion and Roxas? Well not for long!!

Aqua: Hey ven, come here.Ventus: Yes Aqua?Aqua: Don't lie to me, you remember don't you?Ventus: Okay I sortof do.Aqua: Tell me Ven, I need to know!Ventus: Bu-alright. most of what I remember is that Xehanort he-he used to be *gulp* my master.Aqua: No way! but you'd be pretty much dark if he tried to train you!Ventus: I know that's what Im trying to figure out. I also remember something about some boy who looked exactlly like me and a girl with black hair, one that I was close to.Aqua: Black hair, black hair... Ooo I know who you're talking about your talking about ____!!Ventus: Huh?Aqua: Okay that was a little wierd let me try again. ____!Ventus:?Aqua: It appears that I know her name, I just can't say it. I think something bad is about to happen to her!! Come on Ven we have to go find and protect her!!!

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Xehanort headed to the castle's underground laboratory to experiment with darkness. He entered the room with a compressed orb of darkness in his hand and began looking for chemicals to add with it. He placed the dark orb on a desk and took a few tubes of chemicals from Even's cherished collection. Xehanort took the dark orb from the desk and sealed it inside a glass can, after which he made the orb lose its structure and become black liquid that had some purple stains mixed in. Opening the can and then inserting various chemicals, he made sure not to overdose anything as it could cause uncontrollable mutations within the test subject to be infused with the darkness he was working on. After a bit of mixing and fine tuning, the liquid began to release bubbles and move by its own. Xehanort closed the can again and recompressed the liquid into an orb, he could instantly feel the power within it. He took the orb into his hand and looked closely in it, he saw clearly as there was movement inside the orb's hard shell.

Xehanort: It's perfect... this should be able to force an evolution on a heartless. No longer will those fools protecting the light mess with my intentions... and neither will the idiots from the non-existent organization. I must be certain to see to that.

Without further thinking, Xehanort used a corridor of darkness to get up to the Grand Hall in a second. He entered the dark depths, where the shadow heartless was still waiting. Xehanort lifted the small heartless by its antennae and stuffed the dark orb into its tiny chest, then took distance to it. The shadow was completely covered in a dark cloud, which was growing at a great rate. It kept increasing in size up until it was 5 meters tall and at least as wide and deep. Then it appeared to start taking up a form and Xehanort was curious to see what would come out...

ooc: Actually, everyone who knew Xion and Roxas remember them, but Xion and Roxas don't remember anyone outside of the Organization. But I will try to work around your remembering of the beginning of Kingdom Hearts II. Though the people currently with Xion and Roxas will be able to say their names.

Xion: Sorry, Sora, but I don't. I will try, though. But it will be hard.Sora: Don't worry. We'll all help out as much as we can. Though I have a feeling that Xemnas is behind this.Roxas: I think I remember... Oh yeah! Xemnas put us under this thing in the mansion in Twilight Town! It erases memories. Like when I was first taken to the Organization. Well, after escaping the first time, anyway.Xion: I remember that to! So how's abouts we go back to the Organization, kill Xemnas again, and call it a day.Sora: Sounds like a plan.

Ooc: Ana! I had a plan! It wasn't going to interfere with your plan either!

Aqua: Xion!!! Who said that?Ventus: You've been talking in your sleep for like, forever now.Aqua: well at least I can say her name now. Why aren't you in bed?Ventus: I couldn't sleep. I'm to worried about Xion and Roxas.Aqua: so you remember the other boy's name too, now?Ventus: Yea, I'm remembering more now. but that makes me worried.Aqua:How so?Ventus:They might try to make me fight with Vanitas to make the X-blade again.Aqua:Ven, trust me. I will always be there to protecct you, I will never let it happen again.Ventus: YOu're sure?Aqua: have I ever let you down?Ven: no actually, you never have.Aqua: See? Now go get some rest, we have to look for Xion and Roxas tomorrow.

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As Xehanort watched his new heartless take form, he remembered something important. He started to leave the Dark Depths, but only after the heartless was complete. When he saw the result, he was very disappointed. It was just a shadow, although one that was very large in size. He left it there and headed outside the soundless darkness. He decided not to walk through the castle once again, and instead opened a corridor of darkness straight to the laboratory room he was working in earlier. He took a piece of paper and wrote down a note for Even, as no one liked when the man would run around yelling that his stuff has been stolen. It would be best to explain, Xehanort thought. So he left the note on the table and went out to the castle corridors. He kept walking and taking turns until he was in a hallway that was much darker in colors. The floor consisted of black and dark gray tiles, and the walls and roof were decorated with a similar coloring, although they were not exactly tiles. In the middle of the corridor was a blueish door to the left. Xehanort looked around to ensure no one was following him, although the corridor was so dark that not much could be seen. He took out a keycard and used it to swiftly open the door, and quickly after he entered the room, it closed. There was an odd-shaped large pod in the middle and against the back wall, and some kind of machine surrounding it from the bottom. The machine had a message about what the research of the hearts had so far revealed. Xehanort didn't bother looking at it, as he'd already seen it before, but instead he scrolled the tiny screen and began scrolling through a report, known as "Ansem's Report". Of course, this was not at all a report written by Ansem the Wise, since it was Xehanort who would go off coldly to write a report of tests he was told not to do - all with a stolen name, Ansem.

As Xehanort scrolled down to the bottom of the list, he began writing some more.

Today, I took on a little project to find if a weak pureblood heartless could be transformed into one never seen before. It seems that I must begin anew. The test failed so badly, I feel ashamed not being able to anticipate this. Was it because of the light I mixed into the darkness earlier?

That said, it will not matter too much in our ultimate plan. The boy is progressing well, and Operation Eraqus will start soon. Indeed... Eraqus. How is it that I was not able to do better in our encounter last time? I'll have to make sure I'll be the stronger one next time. And I will. I opened the door. I was at the heart of this world, and it granted me significantly more power than I had expected in the first place. However, last time, the puppet was there interfering with us. This will certainly not be the case next time, should we lock in combat with Eraqus once again. The puppet seems to have thought the χ-Blade of hers would be of interest to me. But it is not. The puppet's keyblade is a mere fake, consisted only of someone else's memories. A fake χ-Blade does not contain the real one's capabilities.

There is one more thing worth mentioning. Recently, I've been remembering things I should not. Terra's memories have begun to haunt me, and the more I try to make my escape from them, the more I keep remembering them. This might prove to be my downfall in the end, if I am not careful.

OOC: Sorry, couldn't think of anything to write for quite a long time.

The Master seemed to be in a pensive mood, so I think it best to keep my distance. He always did get angry if his train of thought was interrupted. I decided to go take a look through town, wearing some clothes I "borrowed" from some kid on a skateboard. Black and white with a bunch of checkerboard patterns about it. Not my style, but I could afford to be going around in my battle gear. I had some Unversed out and about the city, looking for those Nobodies. If they made any trouble, I ordered them to eliminate them. The Master has no use for a being who should have never existed.

"Hey," a voice called out, "Hey, Sora!"

Who was this Sora person? I've seen his name in a report the Master was writing, but I had no idea who he was. I turned around to face a brunette in a very pink dress. This woman seemed innocent, very innocent. She made me gag on how sickly sweet she was acting.

"Sora," she asked, "What's with the dark look? Not really your style if you ask me, but if it makes you happy I guess it's fine."

I looked at a group of people coming around the corner, one of them looked just like me. The only other noteworthy people there were the Nobodies. The look-a-like pulled out a keyblade along with the Nobodies. It was strange, all three had the same exact keyblade. My body was encased in my usual mask and dark armor after I called upon the power of darkness. I quickly pulled my Void Gear from the cold flames of its summoning and got into an attack position.

"Who are you," the look-a-like demanded.

"None of your concern," I responded coldly.

The Unversed I summoned to locate the Nobodies appeared at my side along side the new ones I began to spawn. The attacked the group, making the two girls run off and leaving me with the keyblade barer, his lackeys, and the two Nobodies. The boy yelled "Give me strength." The strange half humans dissapeared, and the boy's clothes changed into a white color. His keyblade was joined by another flanking their master as they floated with him. The three remaining warriors charged me, dispatching my Unversed as they advanced.

"Your finished," the male Nobody shouted.

"Fool," I scoffed, "You may look like Ven, but you don't have his skill."

I grab the back of his head and slam him into the ground. I cast a dark version of blizzaga and froze him where he lay. He began to struggle to move, the nostalgia made me chuckle. When the black haired Nobody that attacked me, I found that her keyblade was actualy a false article. From this I could deduce that she was the puppet that the Master had spoke of the other day, and not an actual Nobody. I knocked her keyblade from her hand and tried to attack the look-a-like. However my raid was stopped short by a wall of light. Afterwords it exploded in my face and knocked me into a wall.

"Not bad," I grunted, "Concider yourself on probation."

I opened a dark gateway and fell into the Master's Study. That spell didn't just push me back, one of those floating keyblades cut me badly when he cast that spell. I began to focus my magic on the wound trying to close it. It slowly but painfully healed, I needed to get stronger so something like this couldn't happen again.